''Aglaodiaptomus'' is a genus of

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s in the family

Diaptomidae Diaptomidae is a family of freshwater pelagic copepods. It includes around 50 genera: *''Acanthodiaptomus'' Kiefer, 1932 *''Aglaodiaptomus'' Light, 1938 *''Allodiaptomus'' Kiefer, 1936 *''Arctodiaptomus'' Kiefer, 1932 *''Argyrodiaptomus'' Brehm, ...

. They are often bright red or blue due to

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Conservation status

Species distributions are known very imprecisely, and two species are listed as

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on the

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(marked VU below); both are

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to the

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. ''A. kingsburyae'' was described from "a roadside ditch in

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and a pool and a pond in

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", while ''A. marshianus'' was described from Lake Jackson,

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Species

The genus ''Aglaodiaptomus'' contains 15 species. *'' Aglaodiaptomus atomicus'' DeBiase & Taylor, 1997 *'' Aglaodiaptomus clavipes'' (Schacht, 1897) *'' Aglaodiaptomus clavipoides'' M. S. Wilson, 1955 *'' Aglaodiaptomus conipedatus'' (Marsh, 1907) *'' Aglaodiaptomus dilobatus'' M. S. Wilson, 1958 *'' Aglaodiaptomus forbesi'' Light, 1938 *'' Aglaodiaptomus kingsburyae'' A. Robertson, 1975 Status iucn VU icon

*'' Aglaodiaptomus leptopus'' (S. A. Forbes, 1882) *'' Aglaodiaptomus lintoni'' (S. A. Forbes, 1893) *'' Aglaodiaptomus marshianus'' M. S. Wilson, 1953 Status iucn VU icon

*'' Aglaodiaptomus pseudosanguineus'' (Turner, 1921) *'' Aglaodiaptomus saskatchewanensis'' M. S. Wilson, 1958 *'' Aglaodiaptomus savagei'' DeBiase & Taylor, 2000 *'' Aglaodiaptomus spatulocrenatus'' (Pearse, 1906) *'' Aglaodiaptomus stagnalis'' (S. A. Forbes, 1882)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q6552640 Diaptomidae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot